Online Private Lessons

Online Music Lessons
For All Ages

Bring music lessons straight to your home! We are excited to provide online private music lessons for students wishing to continue their musical journey at home. Whether you’re a beginner or advanced, a young child or seasoned adult, you are welcome to join us for online private lessons. Mason Community Arts Academy in Fairfax, VA offers the perfect blend of university-quality music instruction and a supportive environment.

Our Private Lesson Coordinator can help you select a teacher, schedule a consistent weekly day and time for lessons, and set up a trial lesson* to ensure a good fit before committing to the remainder of the current semester. Be sure to read the PRIVATE LESSON STUDENT HANDBOOKfor all our policies and procedures.

*Please note that the Trial Lesson is a paid lesson (see rates below).

Faculty

We have a full range of teacher categories to choose from, including:

Teaching Artists – University trained musicians with substantial teaching experience as well as professional performing experience

Instructors – University trained musicians with professional teaching experience

Junior Instructors – Select upper-level Mason School of Music Undergraduate students specifically chosen by their professors to teach

Rates

Students can choose 30 minute, 45 minute or 60 minute lessons. Options for teacher category are dependent on current availability and schedule. Students commit to a weekly lesson (following a trial lesson). Rates vary according to lesson length and teacher category as follows:

Total cost of lessons will depend on the number of weeks remaining in the semester at the time of registration. Additionally, all students pay a $35 program fee per semester ($50 max per family). Students who register with 4 weeks or less left in the current semester will pay only a $15 program fee ($25 max per family). Read about our withdrawal policy in the Student Handbook below.

Technology RequirementsAll online lesson students must have access to a device with up to date audio/visual capabilities. This includes a computer (desktop or laptop), tablet, or cell phone with a working camera and microphone. Zoom and WebEx are George Mason University’s recommended platforms for video/conference calls. More information on how to access and enroll in these online platforms will be provided to you at the time of your online lesson registration.

RecordingRecording lessons in any form is strictly prohibited without prior written consent from the student/parent (if a minor) and instructor.

Missed Lesson PolicyStudents must call/be available as advised by their instructor at their regular lesson time each week. If a student is unreachable, this is treated as an unexcused absence. Due to our faculty’s schedule limitations, lessons missed by students are not eligible for make-up lessons or for refunds.

If a lesson must be missed due to illness or a family emergency, two make-up lessons will be given, with sufficient notice. Notice must be given in writing to the instructor by 11 am (EST) the day of a weekday lesson, or by 7 pm (EST) on Friday for a Saturday lesson. There are no make-ups for missed trial lessons.

If a student misses a make-up lesson scheduled with the Academy and the instructor, then no additional make-up will be offered and no refund will be given.

Any lessons canceled by the Academy or by the instructor will be made up, and will not count toward the student’s make-up limit.

If students arrive late, they may use the remaining time of their lesson with no refund or makeup offered. Instructors are not required to teach students arriving later than 15 minutes after the scheduled lesson time.

To learn more about our makeup lessons and other policies, please download and read our Private Lesson Student Handbook here: